Results for “nutrition”

On Episode 363 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Alison Bukowski of CrossFit Petworth, as well as Chris McDonald, who owns CrossFit X Factor and is a member of CrossFit’s Level 1 Seminar Staff. This episode was webcast on Jan. 7, 2015.

2:29 Alison Bukowski opened CrossFit Petworth in Washington, D.C., in September 2014. She talked about how she set up the affiliate and why she chose to offer certain classes. Because… Continue Reading

Bill Starr chronicles how Universal and Nautilus changed the face of fitness and made black iron a memory in most gyms.

The earliest pieces of equipment used by men wanting to get stronger and build more impressive physiques were kettlebells, dumbbells and barbells with rounded globes at each end. Then barbells advanced so plates of different weights could be added and removed. The next step in the evolution was to put ball… Continue Reading

On Episode 355 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Coast Range CrossFit owner and 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games competitor Wes Piatt. Judkins also interviewed perennial CrossFit Games athlete Rebecca Voigt, who is now running the affiliate CrossFit Training Yard. This episode was webcast on Nov. 12, 2014.

1:48 Wes Piatt described how he found CrossFit while deployed overseas and fell in love right away. As a… Continue Reading

A look inside the juice-cleanse trend.

Teresa Godfrey (not her real name) wanted a break.

She’d spent the last few months eating too much and drinking more than usual, and she was feeling the effects of that excess. And she really wanted to lose 5 lb.

To jumpstart her healthy habits and drop some pounds, Godfrey decided to do something drastic. Each day for three days, she would drink six brightly colored… Continue Reading

Lon Kilgore advises fitness professionals to work only within the scope of practice dictated by their education.

A professional fitness practitioner is hired to improve fitness levels in trainees or to help them make progress toward some other goal, such as losing weight, gaining weight, improving some aspect of performance, etc. What is important is that the professional must be capable of delivering sound, fact-based training to improve physical function while at the… Continue Reading

Nicole Carroll, Director of Certification and Training, explains the evolution of CrossFit’s trainer credentials.

CrossFit’s growth has been organic and infectious: There were no marketing strategies and no projections for the now more than 10,000 affiliates and 90,000 trainers. It started with one trainer, then one more and then a few more. The only “strategy” was to have fun, get into ridiculous shape and help anyone else… Continue Reading

Want to know if your favorite fruits and veggies are packing more nutritional bang for your buck?

You already have a way to tell: your palate. Over 10,000 taste buds in your mouth are each equipped with 100 to 150 taste cells that send messages to your brain about the chemicals in your food as they dissolve in saliva. But can you tell if a food is more nutritious by tasting it?

Using 10 different navel oranges, from organic and… Continue Reading

Simple front-of-package nutrition labeling could help combat obesity—but only if the food industry buys in and consumers pay attention.

A burger is a burger is a burger. Except when it’s not.

Stroll through any Marks & Spencer grocery store in Britain, and so long as you aren’t colour blind, you will see that a venison burger has less fat and salt than its made-of-beef counterpart. No need to work out percentages or possess an advanced… Continue Reading

Thomas Edison said, “The doctor of the future will give no medicine.” But will the medical school of the future give enough education on fitness and nutrition? Andréa Maria Cecil investigates.

With wine comes honesty. Mike Roizen knew that. So he encouraged imbibing every Wednesday night, when he would meet eight medical students to find out who the good and bad teachers were at SUNY Upstate Medical University’s College of Medicine.

But Roizen got more… Continue Reading

CrossFit competition is evolving and growing fiercer every year. Emily Beers talks to coach Brian Bucholtz and athlete Kara Webb about how the CrossFit Competitor’s Course helped them finish 12th at the CrossFit Games in 2013.

Dick Fosbury revolutionized the sport of high jump in the 1960s, becoming the first man to jump backward over the bar, a method that soon became known as “the Fosbury flop.” Fosbury won gold at the… Continue Reading

On Episode 312 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Colin Clark, owner of Iron Oak CrossFit in Houston, Texas. This episode was webcast on Jan. 8, 2014.

2:57 Colin Clark’s Iron Oak CrossFit started when he and a few friends started working out together in his garage. As the results came, the word spread, and soon he had to affiliate and move into a larger facility. Clark described the systems he… Continue Reading

On Episode 310 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Ian Wittenber about his epic motorcycle trip through Latin America with Pat Sherwood. This episode was webcast on Dec. 26, 2013.

1:57 Wittenber and Sherwood recently returned from a motorcycle adventure that took them from the United States to Santiago, Chile. Wittenber described some of the highs and lows and explained what it was like to meet so many cool people from… Continue Reading

CrossFit trainers everywhere struggle to keep members eating healthy during the season of ubiquitous treats and festivities galore. For coaches in New Orleans, it’s nearly impossible.

It’s difficult for Tiffany Kasunich to articulate what it’s like living in New Orleans, La.

“It’s just unbelievable. Sometimes it’s hard to put into words for people who have never been here—just the fried food, the portion sizes. The excessive alcohol… Continue Reading

It’s time to pay the piper—the fitness piper, that is.

I’m cringing as I type, but this is my public commitment: I will follow the programming on CrossFit.com at least for all of January, and I will post my pathetic results in the comments each day. I’m writing this article so all of you hold me accountable.

As I write this, I’m in Santiago, Chile, and it is Day 117 of our trip… Continue Reading

The Fort Mojave Indian Tribe lives in the remote Mojave Desert in Needles, Calif. Despite athletic roots, people in the tribe today suffer from diabetes and obesity, conditions that affect other North American aboriginals at epidemic levels.

Timothy Williams hopes to change that.

As chairman of the tribe—which has 419 members under the age of 18—he has enlisted the help of CrossFit Kids’ Jeff and Mikki Lee Martin, who run CrossFit Brand X in Ramona… Continue Reading

Nicole Spitzack started CrossFit when her husband was deployed to Afghanistan. When she invited friends—also military wives—she created an irreplaceable support system. Andréa Maria Cecil reports.

In 2005, the U.S. Army deployed Cole Spitzack to Afghanistan for 12 months.

“That’s a long time,” he said. “I missed the whole first year of my daughter’s life.”

That kind of time is hard on a marriage, too. The Army recognizes that fact, offering soldiers and their loved ones… Continue Reading

Pat Sherwood explains the delicate balance between pupusa and push-ups.

On my current incredible CrossFit motorcycle adventure, I’m constantly exposed to new local food and drink at the affiliates we visit. Each country, region or town has some delicious delicacy that the local CrossFit athletes insist we try.

There have been grilled steaks, chicken and seafood that even the strictest nutrition-crazy athlete would have eaten… Continue Reading

Fourteen CrossFit-built Kenyan schools give villagers a chance to escape poverty through education. Chris Cooper reports.

If Mombasa, Kenya, is a center of trade, tourism and industry, rural Kenya is distinctly agrarian. This agriculture, however, is not the agriculture of the Industrial Revolution but rather smallholder farming mostly absent tractors and irrigation systems. The majority of Kenyans make their living by farming small patches… Continue Reading

In Haiti, life is hard. Most Haitians are just looking to survive from one day to the next.

“It feels as though their everyday life is what we do at CrossFit for a workout,” says Jessica Coulter, one of three Canadian athletes who accompanied Julie Roberts to the Caribbean country where she has made multiple humanitarian trips.

Simply watching Haitians pour concrete is an eye-opening experience.

“When you’re watching people do the… Continue Reading

On Episode 289 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed CrossFit HQ’s Paula Gravatt and Pat Sherwood. This episode was webcast Aug. 14, 2013.

2:11 Paula Gravatt, who is on the CrossFit Affiliate Support and CrossFit Tour teams, has been working feverishly for the past several months to organize and coordinate the 2013 CrossFit Tour and Affiliate Gathering in Big Sky, Mont. She came on the show to talk… Continue Reading